"The battle here isn't something you can participate in. Go down and notify Pouf, Youpi, and the other Squadron Leaders that a group of human Nen ability experts will appear near the assembly hall shortly. Try to eliminate them." Meruem's eyes still stared at the previous position, but he spoke to Colt. The assembly hall was where the other spatial ability user Meruem mentioned earlier would appear, but although there were also experts there, there weren't as many as here. Every single person here possessed super strong abilities - aside from a few exceptions, each had Nen amounts far exceeding Squadron Leaders. Rather than let Squadron Leaders come here to die, it was better to have them deal with the remaining people. Although having more Nen didn't necessarily mean being stronger, Meruem didn't think any of the guys who dared stand above his head and challenge his authority would be weak.
That previous move was Zeno's Dragon Dive, right? It looks like the Zoldyck family also came to muddy these waters. Hmph, just wait - next time I'll go tear down that Kukuroo Mountain where you live. I didn't provoke you, yet now you dare run wild in my territory.
"Forget it, better to eliminate the other small fries first to avoid trouble later. Colt, take your troops and the Royal Palace Guards to eliminate those human forces advancing toward the royal palace. Want to take advantage of the chaos? We'll see if you have that ability."
Meruem's Nen coverage range was extremely terrifying. Although he wasn't deliberately using En, he still detected a large human army advancing toward this location dozens of miles from the East Gorteau Royal Palace. If it were one or two people that would be fine, but an entire army - don't you think the commotion is a bit too big? Although Meruem didn't fear these armies, if he did nothing and let them come easily, wouldn't it make his Chimera Ant army seem too incompetent? First, give these overconfident guys a taste of what's coming.
"Yes." After receiving orders, Colt immediately led the Chimera Ant Heavenly General Corps to fly toward that human army. The battle about to occur here indeed wasn't something of his level could participate in.
"Alright, I'd better use telepathy to give orders." Meruem sighed. He really didn't want to use telepathy. Although telepathy was a very convenient ability for the Chimera Ant race, you have to know there's no perfect thing in this world. Telepathy not only required opening one's thoughts, but Chimera Ant telepathy was like a channel-type existence. Regardless of how powerful one was, every Chimera Ant could "speak" in it, so sometimes there would be very noisy phenomena with everyone talking at once. There was no helping it - the Chimera Ants couldn't achieve complete military management of the entire race.
It was better now, but back when those soldier ants couldn't speak, it was even more ridiculously noisy with all kinds of bizarre sounds. Although you could understand what the other party meant, those voices were really too strange. So the Squadron Leaders in the original work not liking to use telepathy was partly due to it being too noisy. Even now with Meruem's pressure, those guys still made noise in the telepathy every time, which was very annoying. But this was also an emergency period, and Meruem didn't want his subordinates to suffer too many losses, so he'd endure it for now.
"All Chimera Ants listen - a large number of human experts have appeared near the royal palace. They've come to subjugate our Chimera Ant race. This is a provocation against our race. Although our race's overall strength may not be as powerful as humans, we must let these humans who dare invade know that we Chimera Ants are not to be trifled with. Make them pay the price. All departments prepare for battle. Repeat - all departments prepare for battle."
"Glory is my life" "Fight for our King" "Kill these humans" "Counterattack, we must counterattack!"
Various voices began ringing out throughout the entire Chimera Ant telepathy channel, making it incredibly noisy for a moment.
"I knew it. So damn noisy." Meruem rubbed his temples, his head somewhat swollen from being bothered by the various voices from different Chimera Ants in his mind.
"Silence, silence!" A warm hand gently covered Meruem's raised arm, softly massaging Meruem's temples. This was Pitou's hand - soft and very comfortable.
"All you bastards shut up! Let His Majesty speak properly!" An incredibly domineering roar directly drowned out those noisy guys in the "channel."
"Yes...!" This time those voices were very orderly and unified.
Meruem widened his eyes looking at Pitou beside him, as if seeing her for the first time.
Holy crap, how did I never notice Pitou was so domineering and mighty before? Wasn't she a playful cat-eared girl in the original work? Hey, this script isn't right, director.
"Meow?" Pitou tilted her head and smiled at Meruem.
So cute. Well, once you accept this kind of setting, it's actually quite appealing when you think about it.
"Now isn't the time to think about such random things. Those guys are about to come over. Let's handle business first." Meruem put aside his distracting thoughts and vigilantly glanced at the front where the dust still hadn't dispersed.
"All departments attention - the attackers appearing at the royal palace's east wall will be handled by the Shadow Guard and Squadron Leaders on scene. Repeat - the attackers appearing at the royal palace's east wall will be handled by the Shadow Guard and Squadron Leaders on scene. Royal Guards Pouf and Youpi, along with other Squadron Leaders without assignments, proceed to the royal palace assembly hall where other human invaders will appear shortly. Repeat... The remaining department Squadron Leaders and Squad Leaders are responsible for security of the rest of the royal palace. Well then, my dear subordinates, eliminate these damn invaders."
Chimera Ant Army VS Ant King Subjugation Army
Begin.
"Here they come." Meruem stared at the position he'd been watching before. All the guys from the strange bird had assembled.
"So you're that Ant King? You actually look like just a young man. But you really are a monster." Six figures of different heights gradually appeared before Meruem. If someone concentrated Nen in their eyes, they could see different colored Nen emanating powerfully from all six people - each stream extremely strong.
At this time, Meruem's En slowly expanded - also an aura that could make normal people despair to the point of collapse.
The two sides' contact lasted only an instant before both withdrew, as if they had agreed beforehand with perfect coordination. This was just a probe - the simplest probe all Nen users used. It was also the most simple and direct probe between Nen amounts. In the original work, the cat girl Pitou had done such a probe with Zeno using Dragon Dive. Unfortunately, from that probe's perspective, Pitou had won completely. After all, that was Nen that even Netero praised.
"Truly worthy of being the monster who could kill both Netero and Jed. Just looking at Nen amount, even if all of us combined, we wouldn't be his match." Zeno, with his hands behind his back and clothes bearing the large characters "One Kill A Day," looked gravely at Meruem ahead.
"Battles between Nen users aren't about comparing who has more Nen to determine who's stronger. Strength can only be known after fighting." Cracking his knuckles loudly, the thick-browed man calling himself Heaven's Arena's strongest looked at Meruem with a face full of fighting spirit. This kind of opponent was something none of them had ever encountered before in Heaven's Arena. It's just that Netero had also once held the title of Heaven's Arena's strongest. Could this current strongest defeat Meruem, who had killed the previous strongest, Netero? As always, true strength could only be known after fighting.
"King, let this subordinate go first." The cat girl Pitou looked at the six people ahead with glowing eyes. The naturally playful her wanted to spar with these experts on one hand, and on the other hand wanted to serve as Meruem's vanguard and eliminate one or two.
However, given Meruem's fondness for the cat girl, he didn't want her to get hurt. None of the guys ahead were easy to deal with - one careless moment could result in capsizing in the gutter.
Besides, as a man, how could he hide behind a woman, even if that woman was very powerful?
Well, actually it was Meruem's male chauvinism acting up.
"Pitou, there's no need. Leave this to me." Meruem stopped Pitou, who was somewhat eager to try, and leaning close to her ear, whispered softly.
"Seven experts should have come, but one person is missing. Even I can't detect where that missing person went. Help me find him." Zeno, Silva, the Heaven's Arena muscle man, Beyond, and two of the five great Nen users. That made exactly six people - Maha was missing. Although Meruem didn't know the missing person was Maha, he had definitely sensed seven people in the sky before. He wouldn't think the opponent died in the giant bird's crash, so the missing person must be hiding. Was he preparing to deliver a fatal blow?
Interesting. If you can do it, then try.
"Yes." Although Pitou was naturally playful and had extremely strong curiosity, after receiving Meruem's orders, she could temporarily ignore these instincts. In her heart, Ant King Meruem's commands were above everything else - even her own life came after that.
This was the Royal Guards' mission - live for the King, die for the King. It had to be said this was truly absolute loyalty. No wonder some people in the previous life even said the three Royal Guards' mission was to be eaten by the Ant King. Perhaps they were originally one entity.
Whether true or not, this life's Meruem would definitely not eat them.
To become stronger, I'll become stronger myself - I don't need that kind of external force.
"Well then, are you few going to come at me together to be dealt with? Or come one by one to die?"
"Really an arrogant guy." Beyond glanced at Meruem and complained. "Although I admit he's very strong, I really can't stand it."
"I'm more inclined toward all of us joining forces." Zeno spoke up. As a member of the Hunter world's most arrogant and strongest assassin family, he originally had no bushido, chivalry, or warrior's so-called one-on-one dueling spirit. As long as they could kill the opponent, any number against any number was fine. After all, their purpose was only to kill the opponent, not defeat him.
"Oh my, this young man's strength is too strong. Having me fight him one-on-one, I definitely can't beat him." The stubbled uncle picking his ears didn't mind the dust kicked up earlier and sat his butt down on the ground, sitting cross-legged.
"Hmph, you cowardly guys, I'm ashamed to be associated with you." Seeing his companions all agree with the suggestion of attacking together, the thick-browed strong man spoke with a face full of disdain.
"So-called warriors must challenge the stronger - only this way can one continuously progress. Cowardly and weak people who cower just because the opponent is stronger than themselves can never stand at the world's peak. Come, monster, let me, Lofsky Dragon, experience your brilliant moves."
(End of Chapter)
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